When you get rid of all the bad food, look also at the other “noise” in your kitchen, from appliances, to rubbish foodstuffs. It should be enough for us to enjoy just a few simple things.

My personal bug-bears are needless and largely unused appliances, which will eventually be buried in a landfill, or picked apart by some poor Third World child for the metal or other content.

Among them are microwaves, and coffee makers that use a pod to make a cup of coffee.

How is it at all environmentally responsible to use anything other than a simple cafetiere to make quality coffee? More waste, more metal, more packaging, more junk!!

Microwaves are also something that you should not need. What are you cooking in there? Chances are it is processed or pre-prepared food. Lose it.

The only thing you need in your kitchen are:

Refrigerator

Freezer

Stove

Oven

Tea kettle

Toaster

MagiMix / RoboCoup Food Processor (optional nice to have)

Quality wood cutting board(s)

2 or 3 good knives

Vegetable peeler / scrubber

Knife sharpener

Pressure cooker (optional nice to have)

Cafetiere or your existing filter coffee maker

Stainless steel pots and pans

Iron skillet(s)

Wooden spoons

Ceramic baking dishes

Ceramic serving dishes

Plates

Cutlery

Chop sticks (optional nice to have)

Blenders rarely get used, but if you are using them to make quality vegetable juices or veg/fruit combos for refreshes, super – keep it. At least the blender can do more than one thing!

Please do not cook with aluminum, and also avoid ‘non-natural’ cooking implements like plastic or Teflon.

If you know that you will still need to cook for or eat with family who are not trying to lose weight, you will need to have a will of steel.

I suggest separating your foodstuffs for the moment, and know that eventually your new way will be understood, or even adopted amongst children, spouses or partners.

I do not condone separate eating or separate kitchens. In fact, I believe that it is best that families eat together whenever possible, and at least once on the weekend for a family meal, preferably on Sunday.

Even if you can’t for the moment, your objective must be to eventually live in a home that is completely free of bad food and bad ingredients, and brimming over with healthy grains, pulses and legumes, fruits, vegetables and organic lean meats and fish!

Once you have this knowledge, and in particular when people see your results, you will find it easier to persuade others.